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1. 3 to 30 gigahertz.
4. A linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em.
10. A master's degree in fine arts.
13. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
14. Any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent.
15. A resource.
16. An analgesic for mild pain.
18. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
20. United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882).
23. A public promotion of some product or service.
24. A state in midwestern United States.
25. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
26. An associate degree in nursing.
28. Resembling flame in brilliance or color.
35. City in northeast Pakistan.
37. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather.
38. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods.
39. Top part of an apron.
40. American professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934).
42. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
45. Tall tender clumping bamboos.
47. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
48. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
49. (of persons) Highest in rank or authority or office.
53. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
58. Submerged aquatic plant having narrow leaves and small flowers.
60. A radioactive element of the actinide series.
62. Tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-shaped flowers.
63. The part of the nervous system of vertebrates that controls involuntary actions of the smooth muscles and heart and glands.
64. Wool of the alpaca.
67. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States.
68. An enclosed space.
69. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
70. A federal agency established to regulate the release of new foods and health-related products.
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1. The piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located).
2. A complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds.
3. The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed.
4. A pirate along the Barbary coast.
5. The United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation.
6. A New England state.
7. The sense organ for hearing and equilibrium.
8. A radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium.
9. An unabridged dictionary constructed on historical principles.
10. (British) A waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
11. A tax on employees and employers that is used to fund the Social Security system.
12. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
17. (informal) The best of its kind n.
19. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
21. Someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault.
22. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters.
27. Indian statesman and leader with Gandhi in the struggle for home rule.
29. A narrow way or road.
30. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
31. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head.
32. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian mythology.
33. A mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia.
34. An inactive volcano in Sicily.
36. A French abbot.
41. A defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles.
43. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
44. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
46. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.
50. Type genus of the Ranidae.
51. (computer science) A kind of computer architecture that has a large number of instructions hard coded into the cpu chip.
52. The head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate.
54. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
55. French cabaret singer (1915-1963).
56. In bed.
57. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
59. A light touch or stroke.
61. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits.
65. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
66. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
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